Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.